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(★)(´Japan : From Prehistory to Modern Times´ traces the principal threads of Japan´s political and cultural life. The author presents a carefully balanced and authoritative picture of Japan´s transformation from a secluded, little known and backward country, with a fundamentally ´Eastern´ culture, to one of the leading nations of the modern world. The importance of Japan´s feudal political and social institutions, and the ways these have changed and diversified over 2,000 years, its maritime orientation and its strong sense of nationality are also examined in relation to the way in which the Japanese have assimilated elements from two contrasting great traditions : the Chinese zone of civilization from the sixth to the mid-nineteenth century and, after 1854, the expanding frontiers of Western influence. This volume, fully illustrated with maps and photographs, provides a rich and accessible case study of national growth and development. ◆John Whitney Hall, Peofessor Emeritus of History at Yale University until his death in 1997, was born in Tokyo. After graduating BA from Amherst College in 1939, he taught at Doshisha University in Kyoto until 1941, and during the war in the Pacific served with the United States Naval Intelligence. He obtained his Ph.D from Harvard University in 1950, and went on to teach at Princeton University and the University of Michigan before joining Yale. The author of many distinguished books on Japan, Dr. Hall was also joint editor of the six-volume ´Cambridge History of Japan.´) |
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